Monday, 1 April 2013

FM103 & SSSC181 {Thank You Teacher}

Unfortunately, it's back to work this morning! It was a quiet Easter weekend without my hubby. Wish I could have been in Ontario to celebrate Easter with family. But, I managed to have a nice relaxing weekend and got quite a few things done. Saturday was spring-cleaning day... I vaccuumed and mopped the floors and did a pile of laundry. Unfortunately, the floors won't stay clean for long -- nice spring weather leads to snow melting and a muddy dog! A skype call with my Dad brightened my Saturday. Sunday afternoon after a nice Easter morning church service, I took a walk with Keta. It was so warm out and there wasn't a cloud in the sky! Here's a pic of me and my puppy :)


Another highlight to my weekend -- one of my cards was chosen as a top pick for two different challenges! Click here for the original post. This card was chosen as a Mashup Glamette for the Friday Mashup (FM102) challenge and an honourable mention at Dynamic Duos!


 
For today's card, I'm participating in two challenges -- a new mashup challenge with Friday Mashup and a sketch challenge from Sweet Sunday Sketch.



The Friday Mashup challenge this week is to create a project using 'lined paper' or create a project that has a distressed appearance or mash it up! I decided to mash it up. I had the perfect idea in mind. When I think of lined paper, I think of school, so I thought of making a thank you card for a teacher. And this sketch was the perfect layout!

 
I used bright designer paper from the Summer Smooches collection. I then distressed some lined paper by sponging the edges with Early Espresso ink and ripping one of the corners. I then placed this on cardstock and punched one of the edges with the Spiral Border punch. I also distressed the edges of this cardstock using the new distressing tool from Stampin Up.
I created an apple core using using the punch art technique and added a small paperclip as a finishing touch.
 

 
Thanks for stopping by!
 

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Curly Cute
Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Real Red, Summer Smooches DSP
Ink: Real Red, Early Espresso, Tim Holtz Distressing Ink (Antique)
Tools: Spiral Border punch, Tab punch, Ribbon Border punch, Fancy Flower punch
Accessories: Paperclip
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 April 2013 at 20:35

    Charissa,

    This is adorable- how clever- never thought to use that tag punch for an apple core!!!

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  2. Heidi Baks2 April 2013 at 04:35

    Oooh, how cute! Love the angled layout you chose. How perfect! Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

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  3. ~Erica~3 April 2013 at 13:53

    CUTE-T-PIE! As a teacher myself, I must say- ADORABLE!! Thanks for playing at The Friday mash Up!

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  4. Amy White3 April 2013 at 13:58

    Great teacher card! Love the punched apple over the distressed notepaper, and the little paper clip is a great touch! Thanks for playing along with the Friday Mashup this week!

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  5. Tara Bourgoin3 April 2013 at 16:00

    Ok, this is too, too cute!! What a darling way to incorporate the lined paper and the distressing. Must remember to try this :) Thanks for sharing with us at The Friday Mashup!

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